Music-leaf turner



May l, 1928.

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C. TARTAGLIA MUS IC LEAIE1 TURNER Filed July 16. 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented May 1, 1928.

GARMINE TARTAGLIA. OF ALB''QUERQUE, NEVI MEXICO.

MUSIC-LEAF TURNER.

application med July 1611923. serial No. 651,786.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in music leaf turners, and especially that class of such devices in which the turning arms are operated by spring or elastic means.

One of the objects of my invention is to furnish a device which may be attached to a piano, organ, or other instrument and op erated conveniently by the performer through a slight pressure of his foot upon a pedal.

Another object of my invention is to so construct my device that it may be readily adapted to music stand or other music support, not connected with an instrument.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device, whose construct-ion is simple and durable and not likely to get out of order or become disarranged.

My improved device consists of a base mounted, for instance, above the key board of a piano, upon which is preferably a metallic rest bent slightly outwardly from a vertical central line, the lower edge of the rest being turned upwardly at an angle to the body so as to' afford a support or rest for the music book. A suitable binding rod or narrow plate is positioned vertically downthe center line of the book, so as to hold it in proper position and from an upper support extend lateral arms adapted to turn the sheets of music. These arms are mounted in a horizontal plane substantially parallel to the upper edges of the leaves and by suitable mechanism adapted to be operated by the foot of the musician, turn the leaves from their initial position at the right side of the rest to the left side thereof.

Wvith these and other objects in view, which may be incident to my improvement, the invention consists in the parts and combinations to be hereinafter set forth and claimed, with the understanding that the several necessary elements comprising my invention, may be raried in construction, proportions and arrangement, without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

In order to make my invention more clearly understood, I have shown in the accompanying drawings, means for carrying the rsame into practical effect, without limiting the improvements in their useful applications to the particular constructions, which for the purpose of explanation have been made the subject of illustration.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of a piano, howing my improved device attached there- `o.

Fig. 9. is a similar side elevation of my improved device attached to a telescopic music stand.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged front view of my device at it appears without the music book thereon.'

Fig. ais a front view showing the book mounted upon the rest, and the manner of securing the leaves to the turning or carrying arms.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of part of the leaf carrying arms, showing the manner of supporting the leaf upon the arm.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section on the line 6-6 of Fig. et.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 4.

Fig. S is a` perspective view of the music book, as prepared for use with the carrying arms.

Fig. 9 is a general plan view of my device. Fig. 10 is a. horizontal sectional view on the line lO-lO of Fig. 3.

Fig. l1 is a detail side elevation of my device, minus the foot pedal.

Fig. i2 is a perspective view of the binding rod showing only one of the leaf-carrying arms.

Fig. 13 is an enlarged detail side elevation of the mechanism for retaining and releas ing the leaf-carrying arms.

Fig. li is a front view of the same.

Fig. 15 is a horizontal vertical sectional view of the mechanism shown in Figs. 13 and 14:, and

Fig. 16 is a section on the line 16-16 of 13, showing the yoke for feeding out the leaf carrying arms.

Like reference characters indicate the same or corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

The numeral l refers to ay piano or organ, upon which iin any suitable manner is mounted a base-board 2. Fastened to the the music rest 6, which is made preferably of metal and bent slightly outwardly troni its central vertical line. vThe lower edge 'T thereof is upt-urned so as to provide asupporting shelf y8 for the finusic book, which shelf at its center 9 is slightly cut away so as to permit of the lower end or" the binding rod 10 being embraced by the hook 5.

YFor the purpose ot illustration, l have, in Fig. 12, shown my device with one only ot the turning or leaie carrying arms attached. The drawing shows the plate 4 with itsattached rod 3 ata point below the music rest, and higher up in the same vertical plane is another plate 12 secured to the base boart extending from which is rod 13 with al cross head 14 in which is mounted an upwardly extending small rod 15, having upon itsupper end a plateor nut 16, with attached curved guide 17. Upon this rod 15 are mounted the angular ends of the turning arms.` rlhe top of the vertical bar 10 is provided with an eye 10 which lits within the ring 14 depending from the bottoni ot the cross head. i

The purpose ot the rod 15 is to supporta series of carrying or turning arms 23, which pivot thereon. Each of these arms is stamped out of sheet metal and consists et an upper member or shank 23 and a lower member 24, the upper member being longer than the lower, and provided near its outer end with a snap hook 25, the lower end member'is resilient and is adapted to be sprung into hook 25.

t will alsobe noted, as seen more particularly in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, that each upper member 23 is provided with an ear 27. The inner end ot this member 23 is bent upwardly tor a short distance, is then again bent at right angles to the body and in anopposite direction, and is apertured, so as to ht over and turnrupon the rod 15. rllhe lett side of the base board is provided with another rod 28 having a hool; 29, to which is attached one end et a series of elastic bands 31, the free ends of which extend across the Yguide 17, and are each fastened to one ot the series oie turning arms. As soon as one'ot said arms becomes tree to move, as will later appear, ,the elasticity ot the band imparts momentum to said turning arm and swings Vitfrom its posit-ion ot rest on the lett side over and od the guide 17 to a posit-ion oi rest on the right side. rlhe points of the attachment of the elastic bands are such that the drag upon the leaf carrying arms would be exerted in practically the saine plane.

h r r d l l t d guide 17 is t ereIoie piovi eci an@L Locaie leemos at a point nearer the key board, so as to en- Y able the bands to respond quickly in action, as proinptness in turning the leaves is very desirable.

4 shows a music book in place upon the music rest. Each ot its pages near the upper edge carries three grommets 85, each provided leyoud the edge with an eye 36, through which eyelets the lower member 24 ot the turning arm passes, as more clearly appears in the detail views Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7.

Upon the upper part ot the base-board and to one side thereof is secured by a bolt 40 a horizontally extending bloei; oft' wood or metal 41, whose outer end terminates in a downwardly' extending nose 42. Also secured upon the base-board immediately be- -neath the block 41V and helping to sustain the same is a bloclr 48. This block, as shown inV Figs. 15 and 16 is drilled through at the bottom and top to allow the passage of the rods andv 46 whose base is secured in the metal plate 47 trom which the horizontal and 46 extend. Each of these rods spiral spring 52 and 53, which yieldingly push forward follow plate 48 which is provided with guide openings 49 and 50, through which the rods and 46 extend. Y

llounted upon the upper part of the block 41 Vis secured by screws or otherwise a plate 55, provided with ears 56 in which is pivotally mounted a curved presser bar 57. One

end ot this bar is flattened as at 58 and provided with a slot 59, in which is a pin 61 carried by a yoke 61', the pin resting upon one end ot a resisting spiral spring 62. rlhe other end of this presser bar is provided with an eye 63, to which is attached one end ot a cable 64. This cable is trained over a pulley 65 carried by a bracket 66 mounted on the base-board. The cable 64 may also be trained over' the otherpulleys,

when my device is attached to a piano, such as seen in Fig. 1,'or toa music stand, as seen in l? ig. 2, its tree end being attached to a foot pedal 67, which is operated by the musician.

rlhe yoke 61 is mounted in guide channels 68 secured by screws 'or in any convenient manner to the opposite sides of the block 1,.and when the tootV pedal is'depressed, the end 58 ot the bar moves downwardly, causing the end 62 ot said bar to depress one oit the turning or carrying bars against the upward pressure ot the top or finger 70 of the spring 71, until it becomes released,

whereupon, under the action of one of the' it tobeiunderstood `that l; do not coni'ine l myself to the precise details of construction hereinbefore set forth, by Way of illustration, as it is apparent that many changes and variations may be'made therein by those skilled in the art, withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention, or exceeding` the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. In a music leaf turner for use with music leaves having eyelets thereon, a base-board, a rod mounted on the base-board, a bifurcated arm mounted upon the rod, a downwardly projecting hook on one of the arm sections, the other arm section adapted to be engaged by the hook and adapted to engage the eyelets on the music leaves, and a downwardly projecting finger at the free end of the arm.

2. In a music leaf turner a plurality of pivoted bifurcated arms, a hook for securing the bifurcations of each arm together, one of the bifurcations of each arm engaging eyelets on a leaf of music, a curved guide above said arms, elastic members secured to each of the arms and stationary hook and passing over the curved guide, a stop mechanism engaging the free end of each bifurcated arm, and a pressure member to release the arms consecutively.

3. In a music leaf turner for use with music leaves having eyelets thereon, a base board, a rod mounted on the base-board a plurality of turning arms pivotally mounted upon the rod, each arm comprising a shank, a bifurcated arm integral with the shank, a hook carried by one of the bifurcations adapted to engage the free end of the other bifurcations, one of the arms being longer than the other and provided with a downwardly projecting linger on the free end thereof.

4. In a music leaf turner for use with music leaves having eyelets thereon, a bracket, a plurality of turning arms pivotally mounted upon said bracket, each turning arm comprising a shank having an integral arm, a spring attaching ear upon the arm, a downwardly directed hook carried by the arm, a downward projection upon the free end of the arm engaging a releasing mechanism, and a stem integral with the arm adapted to be received and held in close position by said hook and to engage the eyelets on the music leaves.

5. In a music leaf turner for use with music leaves having eyelets thereon, a base board supporting a rod, a spring-actuated arm pivotally mounted upon said rod and having a hook and stem thereon, said stem adapted to engage eyelets on the music leaves and be held in a closed position by said hook.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

CARMINE TARTAGLIA. 

